Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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CLARENCE M GOCKLEY Supermtendent Whntehall has met the needs of the rapadly changmg condltuons of the past fnfty years These years have brought many unexpected occurences that startled us and left us wondermg what would happen next As the years went by Llfe became more demanding and complex Your Alma Mater met the demands of these con dutlons always mmdful that educatlon must provlde an opportumty for all of ut students to get an even start In lufe To many of you the educatnon you re cerved here was the only capital you had In begun mng your careers It was here that you learned to study and to decide for yourselves questions vltal to our Amerucan way of lafe Smce your graduation the years have sped by rapldly You have had tame to reflect upon the benefits you have derived from a hugh school educa hon Now you turn wuth grateful hearts to a kmd school under whose guardlanshup your minds have expanded and matured and under whose care you have been prepared to dlscharge the mnsslon to which men are called IH this wonderful age Your hugh school stands wuth a vlvnd personaluty In the dim llght of a troubled world ever ready to meet the demands ot the youth of the commumty In this highly scnentnfnc world our students must reach hlgher levels of learning to succeed We at Whitehall will contmue to carry on and hope that our graduates may help to accomplnsh the greatest achievement of all time permanent peace nn earth C M Gockley 0 16

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g..-I1 EdwardJ Ncruvas Roberfl Sfeckel Treasurer Leon M Nickel PresudenT DeanJ Krulzer Vuce Presudenf Royce.M Homes Sec retcry Harold M Wormun Joseph Foran Board of Education Ever sunce The doors of The fursT WhuTehall Town shup Hugh School were opened To The young people of Thus cornmunuTy members of The varuous Boards of Educahon were conTunually loolcung ahead un order ThaT They would be prepared To meeT The educaTuonal demands of The communuTy School sunce ThaT fursf day buT only a few are of mauor umporTance One of These was when The Board of EducaTuoru changed The Hugh School courses from Two To Three years Then agaun when They changed To Tour years AnoTher umporTanT change came when The TursT addu Tuon was added Then agaun when The ChrusTman home was acquured for a home econornucs coTTage an Tunally when The lasT addufuon was added All of These changes always were un Tume To meeT The educaTuonal needs of The cornru'uunuTy and The un crease un populaTuon And now your presenT Board of EducaTuon us abouT To make one of The greaTesT changes namely buuld a new senuor hugh school ATTer sTudyung The uncrease un populaTuon and buuld Thus new secondary school For a hall cenTury The WhuTehall Townshup Hugh School has served and sTrengThened The communuTy lT provuded an enlughTened cuTuzenry IT uusnhed and vunducaTed democracys promuse lf The communuTy clearly defunes The new duTues uT wushes our hugh school To Tulfull and ul uT sTeadfasTly supporTs uT noT only wuTh money buT also wuTh TauTh uT wull surely uusTuTy ThaT lauth un The future as uT has un The pasT I Many changes have Taken place in The High The new Trends in educaTion, The Board resolved To 15

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GEORGE D STECKEL Principal Fifty years ago Whitehall like other secondary schools was concerned primarily with the prepara tion of students for college A selective process operated through the elementary and hugh school grades which eliminated those who lacked ability to succeed in academic fields of learning But the steady and spectacular influx of boys and girls who sought an education that fitted them principally for prevailing concept of a high school education As a result a broader choice of sublects has been introduced and the underlying purposes of secondary education have been revised Whitehall Township Jr Sr High School is no longer conceived of as functioning exclusively for the college bound student Instead it looks more to the social welfare of all individuals entrusted to its care and to their develop ment as persons Today we are takmg the position that education is an investment by society to ensure its perpetuation and progressive improvement that secondary educa tion should be universal in extent and that the curriculum should be based on the needs of youth and of the society in which they live We believe that the personal development of the individual In havior knowledge and ludgment is equally important as a goal of secondary education The history of the past and exposition of the present are interesting but the realization of these goals at Whitehall is important for it will result in even greater progress durmg the next fifty years George D Steckel l . . life and the pursuit ot a livelihood, modified the skills, ethical ideals, 6'm0fl0f10llZed C'ffllUCleS, be- 17